For more information about the Alliance for Full Participation National Summit, “Many Voices, One Vision” and the state teams and state liaisons to the summit, please see the Alliance website at http://www.allianceforfullparticipation.org/main/  For more information on the Interfaith Disability PreSummit on September 20, go to www.aamrreligion.org.

Thank you to those who participated.  Your input will guide the development of efforts to educate and assist state service providers about the contribution of religious groups to Alliance ’s vision.  Survey developers were Bill Gaventa, Nella Uitvlugt, and Jeff McNair.

Section One

This section addressed the various themes of the Alliance Summit.  The Vision Statement  of the Alliance for Full Participation states, “That people with developmental disabilities and their families realize the promise of, integration, productivity, independence, and quality of life choices.”  Please read through the following, and answer the question.

The following link provides a breakdown of how respondents answered the question of the relevance of the church in each of the areas addressed by the Alliance Summit

Is the church network relevant in each of these areas?

After each of the themes below were a list of themes addressed by the Alliance Summit.  Follow the links after each theme to see the responses provided to the two questions regarding the themes.

Theme One - Leadership: Where will the next generation of individual, organizational, advocacy and community leadership come from?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

2. Developing family support of persons with disabilities

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

5.  Developing the next generation of individual and policy advocates

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

8.  Empowerment of persons with disabilities

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

Theme Two - Community membership & self determination: Building communities that welcome and support.

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

13. Facilitating the gaining of jobs/employment for persons with disabilities

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

14. Facilitating inclusion/membership of persons with disabilities in various community groups

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

15. Helping to develop the next generation of natural, community-based support providers

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

Theme Three - Quality of supports and services: Upgrading the workforce & establishing performance expectations

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

19.  Developing competency in the provision of direct support to persons with disabilities

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

What contribution could the religious community make, or what role could they take, in this area?

What specifically is your faith-based organization currently doing in this area?

Section Two

The first part of this survey is based on the agenda laid out by the Alliance for Full Participation and it member organizations. For this second section, we are asking more open-ended questions about the needs and dreams you have as faith based organizations, professionals, and religious groups in your support of people with disabilities. 

Responses to each of the open ended questions in section two are provided in the links below.

What are the needs you see?

How could those public and private “secular” networks help you?

What are primary needs for people with developmental disabilities and their families that you see which are not being addressed at the Summit ?

What do you most need, as a professional, member, or organization with a faith based perspective, from public and private disability services, advocacy groups, and training networks that would strengthen the capacity of faith communities to support people with developmental disabilities and their families?

Section Three

The following questions address key issues for people with disabilities in relationship to religious service and supports. 

These are the questions that were responded to by indicating strongly agree, agree, I'm unsure, disagree, strongly disagree.  Click on the links below to see numerical summary data.

Part A - Please circle the response which indicates your perspective on the stated issue.

Part B - My faith based group wishes that state agencies and advocacy groups had better knowledge of and would partner with religious groups in areas of: